(Slightly revised: 3/31/10)

A/N: Now there was some confusion on Negi and the others ages. I never altered the timeline, making Negi 13 years old when he first meets Shinji, who was 4, and the girls ranged from 17 to 18 at the time. I'll try to imply their ages when looking back in time.

Also, I know that I kind of rushed through Shinji's training but that was on purpose. I'm definitely going to deal with Shinji's time at Mahora.

Incantations and Bio-Mechs

Chapter Two

Primoris congressus

(First encounters)

Calendar year 2007…

"No, no, no boya. You have to channel the energy from the inside and focus it out towards the wand." Evangeline scolded a six-year-old Shinji. He has been studying magic for two years now and is finally able to put his knowledge to the test. Unfortunately, reading about it and actually doing it are two entirely different things. All he has to do is focus his energy and make a small flame appear at the tip of his star shaped wand.

"S-s…sorry." he apologized while Evangeline got even more frustrated.

"Don't you dare apologize; it irritates the person you're talking to and in the end causes more problems when you say it automatically like some kind of mechanical doll. No offence Chachamaru." Evangeline apologized to her automaton sidekick while having no idea how much that advice would alter Shinji's future.

"No offence taken mistress." Chachamaru said monotonously. Evangeline gave the android a slight nod.

"Now, try it again Shinji." She ordered and Shinji focused more on the spell.

"Yes master." Shinji closed his eyes, rose up his practice wand, and chanted, "Practi Bigi Naru, Ardescat" And again, nothing happened. "What am I doing wrong master?" Shinji whined and Eva shook her head.

"You seem to be doing everything right." Evangeline thought about it for a moment, looking up and down at Shinji "You may be trying too hard." That was not the answer Shinji was looking for.

"What do you mean by that, master?" The young boy asked since he was confused.

"These things take time and can't be perfected so easily. If you push yourself too much then you lose focus. Don't worry about it too much Shinji." Eva told him "I think we're done for the day. Go wash up and I will have Chachamaru make you some dinner."

"You aren't going to eat with us master" Shinji questioned.

"I think…" Eva wickedly smiled. "I'll go out for a bite to drink." Shinji instantly had a bad feeling about this.

"I thought Takahata-sensei told you not to do that anymore and that you'd be further punished if you did it again." Shinji had gotten close to Evangeline over these last couple years. Some would say that she was his mother figure, despite the fact that she was a vampire.

"Like I care what Takamichi has to say. Besides, he's out of town and tonight's a deliciously full moon." A full moon could only mean one thing for this little girl. Unfortunately, Shinji had found that out the hard way.

Calendar year 2006…

It was late in the evening with a full moon high in the sky. Negi and Shinji were walking down the street after a nice meal at an Italian restaurant.

"We should eat there again." Negi stated as he tapped his belly.

"Yep." Shinji happily agreed. They continued walking down the dark road until Negi abruptly stopped and frowned. "What's wrong Negi-sensei." Shinji didn't like the look in Negi's eyes.

"Shinji go back to the dorms. I'll be there later tonight." The fourteen-year-old Professor ordered the boy.

"But I…"

"NOW." Negi yelled. Shinji began running towards the dorms while Negi ran in the opposite direction. Shinji saw Negi running back towards the academy and going against his better judgment, he followed the teenaged teacher.

On the creepy street known as Sakura Lane a fifteen-year-old student with short brunet hair ran as fast as she could. She had heard the rumors about vampires and being on this street at night but she had to work late at the laboratory with her senpai, and cousin, Satomi Hakase. This particular road just happened to be the quickest way back to her dorm.

As she ran, she constantly had the feeling of being watched and every so often would glance back to see if she was being followed. She heard a rustling noise behind her and quickly turned around to see nothing but an empty road. She let out a breath she had been holding and turned back around.

"Hello, little girl." Standing before her was a blond haired women with glowing emerald eyes, wearing a tattered black dress with a black cloak. "What is a young lady like you doing out so late and all by yourself." the women said sweetly as she took a step forward, causing the girl to panic, trip over her own feet, and land onto her rear end. She scrambled backwards until her back hit a wall.

The young girl was terrified as the women continued stalking towards her with eyes ablaze and staring hungrily down at herself. She was telling her body to move but something was keeping her body from listening. The women knelt down to the terrified girl and gave a feral smile, showing off her fangs. The girl suddenly felt weak and lost all of her energy, causing her to go limp.

"Evangeline, stop right now." Negi yelled. "Let Maya go this instant." Negi ran up to the blond women and pointed his trusty staff at her. Evangeline stood up from the passed out girl and glared at him. In her transformed, adult, state she was quite intimidating. The fact that she was now taller than Negi added to the effect.

"Why should I Negi?" Eva shouted at the boy. "I've been stuck in this god forsaken academy for almost twenty years and we've yet to find a way to release me from this curse." Shinji popped his head out from the bushes and watched the two argue.

"We've been through this before Evangeline. Why can't you resist your urges and stop attacking your fellow students." Negi asked Eva. She let out an exaggerated laugh.

"I'm a vampire if you've forgotten; I do what I must to survive." She told him. "I already limit how much I drink, if I limit myself anymore then I will literally go insane."

"There must be another way Eva." Negi pleaded.

"Another way, hah, you mean those blood packs." Eva bent down and picked up Maya "Those are just an appetizer considering how cold and stale they are. No, my dear sensei, fresh blood is the best."

"No." Negi screamed. "Don't do this Eva." But it was too late. Evangeline tilted Maya's head to the side, exposing her neck, and bit her. Maya's eyes went wide as she felt the painful puncture but soon she started getting a new, more pleasurable feeling.

Blood began to trickle down her neck as Negi ran towards the two. Just as he was about to reach her, a violet barrier was placed in the middle of them and he was pushed back to the ground, unable to help his student.

Evangeline kept her eyes on Negi as her teeth continued to clench onto Maya's neck and she sucked out the blood of the young student.

"E-Eva?" A weak and terrified voice cried out. Negi looked to his left and instantly was even more worried then he previously was while Evangeline, with her fangs still in Maya's neck, could only stare in horror as she looked into the blue, and teary, eyes of a five- year-old Shinji Ikari. "Wha-what are you d-doing t-to her?" He asked in a horrified and trembling voice.

Evangeline had no answer for the boy as she slowly released Maya from her fangs. Negi turned back to Eva and lipped to her.

"Not now." She read his lips clearly and set the girl down gently.

"Shinji, you need to go back to the dormitory right now." Evangeline told the young boy with a bit of irritation in her voice. Her resolve had been broken by the boy and now she was frustrated that her feeding had been interrupted. With an annoyed sigh she placed her hand over Maya and her palm began to pulse with dark energy.

"Relax." She said as Negi flinched and tightened his grip on his staff. "It's simply a healing spell. You of all people know it's not my specialty, so I only know this one." The woman told him.

"I guess it slipped my mind." Negi said as he lowered his family heirloom. Evangeline's hand stopped glowing and the blond walked away from Maya and towards Shinji.

"I need a little time with Shinji. While I do that why don't you take the girl home before she realizes what has happened here." As Eva approached Shinji he quickly backed away from her. She almost lost her temper but Eva knew that what Shinji had just witnessed must have shocked him to his core. "I'll walk you home Shinji." She began to walk away "come along." Shinji turned towards Negi and the older boy reluctantly nodded his head.

"It's okay Shinji." Negi told him as he picked up Maya. "Eva just wants to talk with you." Negi jumped onto his staff and flew away with Maya in his arms.

"Ne-Negi Sensei." Maya mumbled and clutched tightly onto him as they soared though the air. He was worried that she had woken up but she was simply talking in her sleep.

'Great.' He thought sarcastically. 'Another student of mine is dreaming about me'.

Back on the ground, Shinji continued to walk fairly far behind Evangeline.

"Come over here and walk next to me Shinji." She called out. "I won't bite." She said as a joke but realized he would take it more seriously because of his age. "Look, I want to talk to you." Eva said calmly, try to coax the boy closer. Shinji slowly began walking next to her.

"Why?" He asked quietly from her side.

"Why what?" Eva knew what he meant but wanted to hear it from the boy. Shinji paused for a moment, concentrating hard on how to ask such a difficult question.

"Why did you…attack that girl?" His voice was so shaky that she could barely understand him. Evangeline figured that she should just tell him since he'd figure it out once their training got serious but a part of her enjoyed her semi-normal life with the boy. No, it was for the best if she told him the truth. With a heavy sigh she prepared to tell him of her true nature.

Present time…

Shinji woke up in a cold sweat. "I hate that memory." He murmured as he slowly sat up from his futon. He looked around the room in a confused daze before remembering where he was. He was now living with his commanding officer, Captain Misato Katsuragi. "That first encounter with her true nature really upset me at the time, as well as her sad past." He got up and shook the cobwebs from his head, figuring that now was as good a time as any to take a nice warm shower. He grabbed a change of clothes and walked out of his room.

He stopped when he passed Misato's room. He cracked open the door and peered inside. Misato was spread out all over her bed with the blankets intertwined with her legs wearing only a bra and panties. She snored loudly and Shinji just shook his head. She needed to be at work in an hour and should already be awake. He cracked a smile as an idea came to mind.

"Sparsum, mollis amnis, ventus quod glacies" He chanted and blew into his hand. A bit of frost came off his palm and circulated in the room, causing the room to drop greatly in temperature. He chuckled fiendishly as he closed the door and headed for the shower.

Negi had always said that Shinji had taken in a few of Evangeline's little quirks while he was trained by the chibi vampire. Shinji hadn't believed him when he was first told this, but it wasn't long until he realized it himself that he took after Evangeline. Like when he pulls little magical pranks for his own amusement.

Shinji jumped into his hot shower and searched around for the soap. He was startled when the bathroom door suddenly opened up and Misato jumped into his shower wearing absolutely nothing. Shinji was speechless as Misato stood in front of him with her back facing him as she basked in front of the shower head. Apparently she didn't appear to realize that he was standing behind her, let alone the fact that both of them were naked.

"This feels so good." She cooed as the shower warmed up her freezing body. She took a step back as she relaxed and bumped into something warm and fleshy. In her dazed state she couldn't comprehend what was poking her so instead of turning around she lazily fumbled her hand behind herself until she grabbed the offending item.

"Ahh." Shinji yelped as he was grabbed by Misato. Misato herself jumped at his voice and turned around. She was shocked to find Shinji in the shower with her without his shirt on and an embarrassed look on his, now crimson, face. She slowly looked down to see what she had grabbed before and instantly woke up from her morning stupor.

"Ahh, Shinji." she let go of him. "Wha-wha-what's going on here?"

Evangeline had always said that Shinji had taken in a few of Negi's little quirks while he was trained by the young Magister Magi. Shinji hadn't believed her when he was first told this, but it wasn't long until he realized it himself that he took after Negi. Like how he always finds himself in embarrassing situations.

"I'm so sorry Shinji." Misato apologized to the young Mage as they ate a simple breakfast. "I didn't realize that you were in there." She explained. "I woke up freezing cold and just did the first thing that came to my waking mind." If Ritsuko ever found out about any of this then Misato knew that she'd never hear the end of it. She also wondered if Ritsuko knew about Shinji's…measurements.

"It's alright, really." He said with a guilty chuckle. 'Besides, it was my fault anyway.' Shinji thought to himself. "By the way, aren't you late for work?" He reminded Misato while she looked up at the clock and choked on the food she had attempted to swallowed.

"Ahh crap." The violet haired woman moaned as she got up and grabbed her jacket and keys. "Bye Shinji I'll see you later and have a good day at school." And just like that she was out the door and terrorizing the roadways. Once the coast was clear, Chachazero jumped onto the table and poked Shinji in the arm.

"You did remember that you had school today, right master?" The demented doll asked as she looked up at him.

"Oh yeah." Shinji thought aloud. "I guess I do have school today." He got up and put away his dishes. "It's been three weeks since I got here." He walked into his room and came back with his book bag. "I was starting to wonder if they forgot that I was required to go to school." He picked up Chachazero and placed her on his shoulder. "It was only because of Maya that I was able to get registered."

"Knowing the bastard who's legally your father, you were probably tossed aside in his priority list." The lime haired doll mentioned as Shinji walked to the door.

"I believe that." Shinji commented as he closed and locked the front door. "But I'm not the feeble little child that he thinks I am, he'll soon learn that it's a bad idea to ignore a Magician."

"Well at least you have confidence." Chachazero murmured as she adjusted her position on his shoulder.

"Is that so bad?"He questioned.

"As long as you don't let it go to your head." She said sage like. "I've known Evangeline for hundreds of years and I've seen even her get too confident. Like the last time she fought Nagi Springfield." She mentioned the fated battle that cursed Evangeline to remain at Mahora Academy until the spell would be dispelled or broken.

"Yeah, but Negi's dad was the freaking Thousand Master, she didn't have a chance."

"That's not entirely true, but you should never underestimate an opponent, regardless of their strength or intelligence. And Negi's father is the Thousand Master, not was."

"Well you're just full of useful advice this morning." Shinji commented.

"I simply know when my master can use it. I may be a little crazy but I'm not stupid."

"That's why I'm glad you're my familiar Cha-chan." He pet her head affectionately.

"And don't you forget it, master." She smiled contently.

Within a half hour they were walking into Shinji's new school.

"I don't like this place." Chachazero complained as Shinji ate his lunch.

"I don't know, I kind of like it here." He took a bite of the onigiri he had made this morning.

"But the brats dared to laugh at my master." She pulled out one of the knifes she mysteriously has hidden and clenched it tight.

"And I'm thankful that you were a good girl and kept quiet." He patted her head and she calmed down a little. "I bet, to them, a teenage boy with a cute doll on his shoulder is quite the odd sight. The students at Mahora were used to that sort of thing and didn't even bat an eye while you were perched on top of my head." Shinji glanced to his left and seen the class representative, Hikari Horaki, heading towards them. "Mundane approaching Cha-chan." The little doll sighed and played dead.

"Um, excuse me Ikari." Hikari said shyly. Shinji slowly looked up at the pig tailed and freckled girl.

"What can I help you with?" He asked politely as he set his lunch down. Manners were something that Eva had made sure he had plenty of.

"I'd like to apologize for the class this morning. It was wrong for them to laugh at you because of that puppet you have." Hikari sat down next to him.

"It's alright, I wasn't offended or anything." He told her as he picked up the doll sitting next to him. "Chachazero here was given to me by a mentor of mine a couple years ago and she holds a very special place in my heart." If Chachazero could blush, or move, she would be hiding her face right now.

"Chachazero? That's an odd but kind of cute name." Hikari said as Shinji handed her the possessed puppet. "She is pretty cute too, but I have the creepiest feeling holding her right now."

"She gets that a lot." He said to himself with a chuckle.

"Hey, new kid." Somebody shouted at Shinji. He took his eyes off of Hikari and found the black haired jock that had been giving him dirty looks all day standing in front of him.

"Suzuhara?" Hikari wondered what the boy wanted as he walked towards them with a blond boy right behind him nervously holding a video camera.

"Go easy on him Touji." The blond boy named Kensuke advised but was ignored.

"So, is it true new kid." The boy known as Touji demanded.

"Is what true?" Shinji questioned as his irritation began to grow and he stood up.

"That you're the pilot of that damn robot." He specified with a growl.

"And what if I am?" Shinji stated defiantly.

"Then you're in for a world of hurt." Touji leaped at Shinji and grabbed him by the collar of his shirt. Shinji could see the anger and frustration in the boy's eyes. Touji slammed his right fist hard into Shinji's cheek, causing the boy to fall to the ground. Shinji grabbed his cheek and rubbed it while he wondered why his magical barrier hadn't softened the blow.

"Suzuhara stop this immediately." Hikari ordered as Kensuke filmed the entire event. Chachazero could only watch angrily as her master was knocked to the ground. If these kids weren't Mundanes then she would have already pulled out her knives and started slitting throats.

"I can't do that class rep." Touji yelled. "It's because of him that my little sister can't walk anymore." The thought alone angered the boy even more.

'So that's why he's so upset' Shinji thought. "It's not like I had a choice in the matter you know. I was forced into piloting that creature." Shinji shouted as he got back up and prepared to retaliate.

That last line of Shinji's really upset Touji and the boy went to grab him again. This time Shinji wasn't going to underestimate him and he stepped to the side to avoid the attack. Touji quickly recovered and started to wildly swing punches.

"Stop it Touji" Hikari screamed as Chachazero continued to be a good girl and reluctantly stay still.

Shinji had had enough of this and gathered some of his magical energy into his right fist. I was nothing too extreme but just enough to knock the jock unconscious. With the energy gathered he ducked under Touji's fist and rammed his own into Touji's stomach. He felt the boy stop moving for a second before he felt a sharp pain on the back of his neck. Shinji stumbled back as he looked up at Touji. His attacked didn't seem to have affected the boy.

"What the hell is going on?" Shinji growled as he once again stood up straight. 'My magic isn't helping me at all' He thought to himself as Touji began to swing at him again. 'I'm doing everything right and despite the fact that I'm in a little pain, my mind is focused' One of Touji's fists slammed into Shinji's chest. 'I know I had the barrier up that time' Touji went for a leg sweep but Shinji leaped over the attack.

'It's like he isn't affected by my magic, kind of like a…Magic Canceller' That couldn't be right. The only Magic Canceller that Shinji knew was one of Negi's partners, Asuna Kagurazaka, and she was a special case. No, this wasn't Magic Cancellation but it was something similar. 'Regardless, I can't summon my staff for defense and I really don't want to hurt this guy.'

Shinji was once again knocked to the ground by a hard punch to the face. Touji was about to kick Shinji until he was suddenly tripped and thrown to the ground. Touji struggled as his arms were skillfully pinned against his own back.

"R-Rei, get off me." Touji yelled as the injured girl easily held him down with one good arm and her knee in his back.

"No." Rei told him monotonously and looked up at Shinji. "There is an emergency. We must report in immediately."

Suddenly the sirens began to sound off and the loud speaker turned on. "A special state of emergency has been issued for the Kanto and Chubu regions surrounding the Tokai district. All residents must evacuate to their designated shelters immediately."

"Saved by an angel, how ironic." Shinji sighed. Rei slowly let go and got off of Touji. The jock stood up and glared at Rei until he turned his hatred back at Shinji.

"You got lucky this time…new kid." Touji and Kensuke left while Hikari ran towards Shinji with Chachazero still in her arms.

"Ikari, are you alright?" She inspected him. He had a few bumps and bruises but was in decent shape considering the beating he took.

"Seriously, it's not as bad as it looks." He told her as she handed back his familiar. "Look class rep, you need to get to a shelter as soon as possible." She nodded her head and headed in the same direction as Touji and Kensuke. Shinji watched her leave and stood there for a few moments afterward.

"Ikari, we must hurry." The enigmatic Rei told him as she straightened out her uniform and stood next to him. He shook his head clear of his current thoughts and followed the girl to Nerv. On their way to Nerv, Chachazero whispered to Shinji.

"I thought I told you not to underestimate an opponent." The doll grinned.

"Don't start." He grumbled. "What did you expect me to do?" His familiars grin grew. "You know what, don't answer that."

A/N: Hey, I figured Shinji could use a good ass kicking by Touji. Why not? Nobody else will do it. Once an author gives Shinji a spine and/or powers of some kind, he becomes invulnerable to the regular cast of characters. This doesn't make Touji all powerful either. I will explain what he is later on.

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